A mosaic montage of masterpieces paintings and movies.
The Art of Lonesome Dove & Quigley Down Under
Lonesome Dove-Quigley Down Under Montage of Music & Scenes
Saying goodbye
Monday, May 28, 2012
Our lives are better left to chance I could have missed the pain
But I'd of had to miss the dance ...Garth Brooks
But I'd of had to miss the dance ...Garth Brooks
Ernest Dean has introduced me to so many different stories and to so many new friends. Part 6 of The Journey to Tassafaronga tells about just some of them. It is a celebration of his short life and cherished memory.
John 15 11-13
John 15 11-13
I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.
Sad movies always make me cry
Saturday, May 26, 2012
The Western Union telegram from the the Navy Department had to be read. I knew that I would have to read it! I can not recall how many times it took to complete reading the telegram without me breaking up and crying like a baby. The Journey to Tassafaronga was now coming to the conclusion.
What were you thinking?
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
The ship was scheduled to be in Pearl Harbor at ten o'clock on Dec. 6; however during training maneuvers the aft line snapped and trailed back and wound itself around the propeller. They were dead in the water. After 5 ½ hours to remove the hemp from the shaft and screw they were underway again only to have an electrical generator burn up. Again, dead in the water.
With those problems, the task force changed its date to arrive at Pearl Harbor to ten o'clock am on Dec. 7, 1942. The Northampton reduced speed and was within 100 to 200 miles from Pearl when they received word of the attack.
Three hundred seventy seven (377) days later the Northampton would not be so lucky!
Shellbacks & Pollywogs...the good times
Saturday, May 19, 2012
"I must go down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life,
To the gull's way and the whale's way,
where the wind's like a whetted knife;
And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover,
And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick's over."
... Sea Fever by John Masefield
Rest In Peace Ernest Dean
Roots
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
We should never forget words are powefull tools! Choose your words carefully!
Therefore, we should never forget what the words Memorial day should mean: Memorial Day is not a holiday. Memorial Day is a time to remember a person or an event of someone who as died in active military service.
If words are indeed the servants of vision and are truly the essential ingredient of everything humans have created or accomplished then we should never forget our history. “It doesn't matter where your history goes, it goes somewhere. The excitement is uncovering that story,"... “once you put your ancestors within the framework of American history, genealogy can become more than just dates or places”.... David E. Rencher, chief genealogical officer for FamilySearch.org.
For me personally, The Journey to Tassafaronga is more than a journey to find out “ Who Do You Think You Are?” but to find out the meaning of the words Memorial Day.
To the women and mothers of the military
Saturday, May 5, 2012
Vaca Vista Video proudly dedicates our following video to the women and mothers of the military.
Ships and Sailors- something fourth dimensional
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Sail Easy, Armella, Carleen, Ray.
"When the ship is hurt, the men are hurt.
When the men bleed,
the ships bleed- that's the way with a fighting ship.
The sailors are one.
The sailors are one.
There is a mysterious between ships and sailors-
something fourth dimensional.”.....anoymous
I received the following email yesterday from Sail Easy who is :
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